Bremerton swimmer Nathan Andrian won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 100-meter freestyle Wednesday, becoming the first athlete with ties to the state to collect a top prize in the London Games. Adrian, who won a silver in the 4×100 freestyle relay Sunday, edged Australia’s James Magnussen by the smallest of margins — one-hundreth
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Five rowers with connections to the University of Washington won medals at the London Olympics Wednesday. Former UW All-America Megan Kalmoe and current Husky Adrienne Martelli earned a bronze for the USA in women’s quadruple sculls, while Conlin McCabe, Will Crothers and Rob Gibson, representing Canada, took a silver in men’s eight.
Mariners 13-6 after All-Star break, second in AL only to Oakland A’s 13-4; go for the sweep Wednesday vs. Toronto, then head to Yankee Stadium.
Seven track athletes with connections to the state will compete in London, including Olympics No. 4 for discus thrower Aretha Hill Thurmond.
The non-waiver trade deadline came and went without further deal-making by the Mariners Tuesday afternoon, which was something of a surprise given what was presumed to be a sellers’ market for pitching talent such as Jason Vargas and Kevin Millwood. Instead, the Mariners filled voids created a night earlier by calling up relief pitchers Stephen Pryor and Michael Carter Capps. They will join newcomer outfielder Eric Thames in uniform for Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. After the demotion of Carlos Peguero to AAA Tacoma, the moves leave the 40-man roster full.
Still shopping the blue-light table for specials, the Seahawks added one-time star Braylon Edwards Tuesday as a potential replacement at wide receiver for the recently cut Mike Williams. Edwards, 29, was a part-timer last year for the San Francisco, playing in nine games, starting five, catching 15 balls for 181 yards. He was waived before
Federal Way’s Ariana Kukors, world record holder in the women’s 200-meter individual medley, lost her chance at an Olympic medal Tuesday in London when she placed fifth in a time of 2:09.83. Shiwen Ye of China won the gold medal, establishing an Olympic record of 2:07.57.
Washington will not host either California or Stanford in 2012-13 and will play five of their final seven league contests at Alaska Airlines Arena.
After their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays, the Mariners have a 10-day, nine-game road trip to New York, Baltimore and Anaheim.
After the Mariners play the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series, they will depart for New York City to take on Ichiro and the Yankees in a three-game series.